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Die Ratte (1993) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1993 · 80 mins · German
- Directed by
- Klaus Lemke
- Starring
- Thomas Kretschmann, Rocko Schamoni, Lilo Wanders, Andrea Heuer, Wolfgang Borchert, Alberta Lojpur
Ricki, a 15‑year‑old supermarket apprentice, idolises his older brother Sven, a notorious figure in Hamburg’s red‑light district who survives on thefts and drug dealing. When Sven humiliates Ricki and forces him to sleep with a showgirl, his heroic image shatters. Enraged, Ricki—nicknamed the “Arschbackenzukneifer”—exacts brutal revenge, making Sven suffer on his own turf.
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